Matthew Monstar wrote:Sucks to be you bro.... "Looking at Jordan Staal".

I don't blame Staal one bit. He wanted to get paid and be the top line guy and that wouldn't happen here. Sometimes you love a job but hit your ceiling and have to change jobs.

Sometimes you have to recognize your "ceiling" may actually be higher on the third line, away from the defensive focus of the opposition, than it will as the center of attention on line 1 or 2 of another team. I completely believe he will never have as good a situation to shine as he did here, "slumming on the third line", as it were.

Matthew Monstar wrote:Sucks to be you bro.... "Looking at Jordan Staal".

You have to wonder what he is thinking.

"I need a drink."

He's probably also thinking that either Cam Ward never gets injured again or they need a helluva lot better backup goaltenders than they have had in years. Ward has managed to stay healthy through most of his career, but the whole team collapsed in a heap as soon as he went down. Might need a new HC to replace Muller too.

Canes have the pieces in place if their blueline can improve with Faulk getting experience and some real help coming up soon, but the disaster post-Ward's injury is not a good sign for them or Muller at all.

Matthew Monstar wrote:Sucks to be you bro.... "Looking at Jordan Staal".

I don't blame Staal one bit. He wanted to get paid and be the top line guy and that wouldn't happen here. Sometimes you love a job but hit your ceiling and have to change jobs.

Sometimes you have to recognize your "ceiling" may actually be higher on the third line, away from the defensive focus of the opposition, than it will as the center of attention on line 1 or 2 of another team. I completely believe he will never have as good a situation to shine as he did here, "slumming on the third line", as it were.

Maybe, but we'd never know his ceiling if he stayed in Pittsburgh behind 87 and 71. He's in his prime and wanted to be the man. I can't really fault him for wanting a chance to be the man. The Pens got a Cup and several great years out of him at a relatively cheap cost.